Plugins · contact-form-7-paypal-extension · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 4.0.7
- Last updated
- 2026-10-07
- Active installs
- 500+
- Known issues on record
- 3
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 5.6+
Integrate PayPal Submit button in Contact Form 7 to Enjoy Quick Online Payments. — by ZealousWeb
What to do
- Update to the latest version (4.0.7). Anything older than 4.0.7 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get contact-form-7-paypal-extension --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update contact-form-7-paypal-extension updates it.
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Known vulnerabilities
3 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 5.3 CVE-2026-105989 · published 2026-10-10
Missing authorization check in Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 (older than 4.0.7)
- Affected
- older than 4.0.7
- Fixed in
- 4.0.7
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 4.0.7 does not perform any authorization or request-validation checks on one of its AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge the stored transaction status of records and to write the Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 4.0.7's status metadata onto arbitrary posts.
medium 5.3 CVE-2026-105990 · published 2026-10-10
Information disclosure in Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 (older than 4.0.7)
- Affected
- older than 4.0.7
- Fixed in
- 4.0.7
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 4.0.7 does not perform any authorization checks before exporting stored form submissions, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download the personal data (name, email, telephone, postal address, message) and payment metadata of everyone who submitted a payment form.
medium 5.3 CVE-2026-39707 · published 2026-04-08
Missing authorization check in Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 (4.0.4 and older)
- Affected
- 4.0.4 and older
- Fixed in
- 4.0.5 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in ZealousWeb Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 contact-form-7-paypal-extension allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7: from n/a through <= 4.0.4.
Recent activity
- 2026-10-07 — latest release on wordpress.org (4.0.7).
- 2026-10-10 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-105989), fixed in 4.0.7.
- 2026-10-10 — Information disclosure disclosed (CVE-2026-105990), fixed in 4.0.7.
- 2026-04-08 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-39707), fixed in 4.0.5.
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- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by ZealousWeb (6 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Missing authorization (2) · Sensitive data exposure (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-paypal-extension (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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